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Weekly Headlines

How Hot Sauce Shots Will Be Sending Kids To UConn Games

From heartburn to heartwarming. Read more.

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UConn Puts Eight On List Of World’s Most Highly-Cited Researchers

Eight University of Connecticut faculty members have been named to a list of the world’s most highly-cited researchers. Read more.

Step-by-step illustration of how burying beetles find homes to start their family.

Beetles Reveal How to Hide the Body

A corpse is a home to the burying beetle, and UConn researchers are learning how this specialist critter keeps its home free of unwanted visitors. Read more.

A nursing student administers a COVID-19 vaccine.

Nursing Students Join the COVID-19 Fight, Help Administer Vaccines

School of Nursing students helped vaccinate UConn Health employees and other front-line workers, and, in turn, gained vital experience that will help them throughout their careers. Read more.

Professor Jeff Hoch standing in the lab where he conducts much of his research.

Meet the Researcher: Jeff Hoch, School of Medicine

Hoch, a professor of molecular biology and biophysics, sees tremendous potential waiting to be unlocked by his research. Read more.

Marine One carrying President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump as they departed from the White House flies over the U.S. Capitol ahead of the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Why Do Presidential Inaugurations Matter?

Ceremonies speak directly to some of our basic instincts, triggering intuitions about their efficacy, symbolism, and importance. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

ENG Using Big Data to Identify Genetic, Neural Bases for Substance Use Disorder

CAHNR Meet undergraduate student Chloe Edwards

CAHNR Extension educator creates programs and initiatives to protect water resources

ENG Kuhn Receives Prestigious International Status for Leadership in Biomaterials

MED STEP-HI – Helping Women Gain Strength After A Broken Hip

MED National Multiple Sclerosis Society Honors UConn MS Center Director

PHR Pharmacy Students Create COVID-19 Vaccine Information Series in 5 languages

UConn in the News

All Things Considered (NPR)

400 Lights, For 400,000 Dead, Illuminate Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

The Conversation

The IRL Impact of Curbing Hate Speech Online

Mother magazine

How To Help Kids Build Creativity, Both On & Offline

The 74 Million

For the Second Time In Less Than Two Years, Miguel Cardona is Set to Prove Himself on a Much Larger Stage.

The Hartford Courant

Positivity Rate, Hospitalizations Down Slightly As Experts Forecast Further Improvement

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